South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer News

South Carolina Renews Wind Pool Territory Expansion

A temporary order extending the area where South Carolina’s residual property insurance market provides insurance has been renewed for another two years. An order issued by South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer says the renewal of the 2007 expansion of …

South Carolina Passes Flood Insurance Law to Boost Private Market

The state of South Carolina is aiming to foster new flood insurance coverage options through the enactment of the South Carolina Private Flood Insurance Act. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed the legislation, passed Sept. 23 by state lawmakers, into …

Southeast Insurance Chiefs Farmer, Altmaier Elected to Top NAIC Posts

South Carolina Department of Insurance Director Ray Farmer and Florida Insurance Commissioner David Altmaier have been elected to the positions of president and president-elect, respectively, of the NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners). The two were voted in at the …

Harford Mutual Insurance Opens Office in South Carolina

Harford Mutual Insurance Co. has opened a new office in Fort Mill, South Carolina to serve its expanding Southern territory, including Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. According to the company, the location on the second floor of …

North, South Carolina Insurance Chiefs Ready for Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence could be one of the largest storms to hit the Carolinas in decades and state insurance officials say they are ready for whatever it will bring to their regions. In interviews with Insurance Journal on Tuesday, South Carolina …

South Carolina Insurance Director Farmer Elected as NAIC Secretary-Treasurer

South Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer was elected to fill the position of secretary-treasurer of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners During a Plenary meeting by members, effective immediately. Farmer is replacing former Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax, who passed …